spoilsport
noun/ˈspɔɪl.spɔːt/UK/ˈspɔɪl.spɔɹt/US
Etymology
From the verbal expression spoil sport (“ruin the amusement”).
Definitions
Someone who puts an end to others' fun, especially harmless fun.
- I know I am a sad spoilsport, but it would make me wretched.
- He looks a spoilsport. There are men in whose presence it is impossible to have any fun: men who are a sort of walking conscience.
Like a spoilsport.
- It may seem somewhat spoilsport to focus in on this negative after another important victory but to ignore it would be delusion. Southgate will not be letting it escape his attention.
The neighborhood
- antonymlife and soul of the party
- antonymlife of the party
- antonymlive wire
- antonymparty animal
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for spoilsport. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA